Coronavirus (COVID-19): Letter to businesses on workplace testing, February 2021 The COVID free-testing programme has been extended until the end of June. Details can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-letter-to-businesses-on-workplace-testing-february-2021
The Prime Minister, Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, announced to Parliament on Monday 22 February, the government’s roadmap to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions in England. It published a four-step roadmap to ease restrictions across England and provide a route back to a more normal way of life. Before taking each step, the Government will review
Cast Metals Federation Apprenticeship Webinar 16 March 2021 @ 2pm New to Apprenticeships? This webinar will provide you with all the information you need to get started, whether you want to take on new apprentices or use an apprenticeship to upskill current employees. Join our Webinar and find out how an Apprentice can: grow your
The £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund, offers support to help small businesses adjust to new customs procedures, rules of origin, and VAT rules when trading with the EU. Eligibility: The SME Brexit Support Fund could give you up to £2,000 if your business has up to 500 employees, and no more than £100 million annual
On Monday 11th January, the West Midlands Branch and a total of 38 attendees from across the UK, were again treated to very well presented and professionally high standard technical lecture delivered by the branch. The lecture ‘Precise Industrial 3D Metrology’ was kindly presented by Mr Stuart Dix from GOM, a part of the Zeiss
An online portal has been launched to make it even easier for business in the private sector to get involved and find out more about offering rapid testing in the workplace. Business that are open during lockdown can now sign up to rapid testing programmes that identify cases of Covid-19 in employees who are not
On Monday 7th December 2020, the West Midlands Branch and a total of 38 attendees from across the UK, were once again treated to this interesting, high standard technical lecture. The lecture ‘Integrated Design Procedures for Volume Produced Cast Aluminum Automotive Components’ was kindly presented by Tony Firkin of Alucast. Tony has a very wide
The Government is rolling out on-site Covid testing for all companies in England that employ over 50 people for staff that cannot work at home. Please contact employee.testing@beis.gov.uk direct if you are interested, where you will be directed to attend workshops run by the Department for Health. It’s worth noting that the testing will be
Monday 1st February @ 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm Hosted by West Midlands, Birmingham & Coventry Branch “New & Reclaimed Chromite Vs Alumino-Silica Refractory Sand Advantages & Drawbacks” Presented by Mr Philippe Diaz, Imerys (France) The Technical Lecture will be streamed online only as a webinar due to ongoing Covid 19 restrictions. You may join the webinar at 7.15
On Tuesday 19th December, the team at Weir gave a great presentation and detailed insight into the manufacture of castings at their state-of-the-art facility in Todmorden, the presentation was delivered by Lee Jenkins (Group Operations Director). Lee explained the process capabilities at the Todmorden site, and then presented the typical manufacturing process, from design concept